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1990

Duane D. Johnson

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Theory Of Compositional And Magnetic Correlations In Alloys: Interpretation Of A Diffuse Neutron-Scattering Experiment On An Iron-Vanadium Single Crystal, J. B. Staunton, Duane D. Johnson, F. J. Pinski Sep 1990

Theory Of Compositional And Magnetic Correlations In Alloys: Interpretation Of A Diffuse Neutron-Scattering Experiment On An Iron-Vanadium Single Crystal, J. B. Staunton, Duane D. Johnson, F. J. Pinski

Duane D. Johnson

We describe a first-principles theory for compositional and magnetic correlations in alloys and compare the results of the theory with recent diffuse, unpolarized, neutron-scattering measurements on a single crystal of ferromagnetic Fe0.865V0.135. The nuclear cross section is described very well by the theory and we are able to connect the q-dependent structure to the underlying electronic structure of the alloy. The magnetocompositional and magnetic correlations also may be obtained for comparison to polarized measurements.


Total-Energy And Pressure Calculations For Random Substitutional Alloys, Duane D. Johnson, D. M. Nicholson, F. J. Pinski, B. L. Györffy, G. M. Stocks May 1990

Total-Energy And Pressure Calculations For Random Substitutional Alloys, Duane D. Johnson, D. M. Nicholson, F. J. Pinski, B. L. Györffy, G. M. Stocks

Duane D. Johnson

We present the details and the derivation of density-functional-based expressions for the total energy and pressure for random substitutional alloys (RSA) using the Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker Green’s-function approach in combination with the coherent-potential approximation (CPA) to treat the configurational averaging. This includes algebraic cancellation of various electronic core contributions to the total energy and pressure, as in ordered-solid muffin-tin-potential calculations. Thus, within the CPA, total-energy and pressure calculations for RSA have the same foundation and have been found to have the same accuracy as those obtained in similar calculations for ordered solids. Results of our calculations for the impurity formation energy, and …